Re: [at-l] spring hiking in the Rockies

["Gary Ticknor" <alugpt@fanniemae.com>]

I've had a pair for about 2 years, say 800 miles. The Gortex has worn
through behind both heels. I really like the boot part, wax them regularly,
after every trip where it rains. The Gortex part buys you dry feet unless you
get rain for more than a day - then your feet and boots get and stay 
wet. But for morning dew, wet high grass, mud/bog and occasional small
stream they DO keep you feet dry. So they are great for day hiking.

On longer trips, though, sooner or later it rains. I would not
buy them again for the Gortex, but I would buy them again for the boot.
YMMV.
 
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                                . Gary from Fairfax .
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=>All in all it was a great hike. I stopped in Estes Park and quite by accident=>(not my intention) I bought a pair of Vasque Sundowner gore-tex boots. I 
=>started breaking them in today. Does anyone have these kind of boots and what=>do you think of them?
=>
=>zenlotus
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